Ethics: Essential Readings in Moral Theory

Ethics: Essential Readings in Moral Theory is an outstanding anthology of the most important topics, theories and debates in ethics, compiled by one of the leading experts in the field. It includes sixty-six extracts covering the central domains of ethics:

• why be moral?
• the meaning of moral language
• morality and objectivity
• consequentialism
• deontology
• virtue and character
• value and well-being
• moral psychology
• applications: including abortion, famine relief and consent.

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